Mon Kichu Ajj by Aneek Dhar, Pritha Kundu

The Mon Kichu Ajj album has several strong tracks, but Mon Kichu Ajj is the one most listeners come back to first. The arrangement here is the work of Aneek Dhar, Pritha Kundu, Arup Pranoy, and it shows genuine craft in how it builds and releases.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Mon Kichu Ajj, Aneek Dhar, Pritha Kundu clearly belongs in the second group. The song is tied to a talented ensemble cast, whose presence gives Mon Kichu Ajj a visual dimension that fans of the film will always associate with it.

2019 was a strong year for Bengali music, and Mon Kichu Ajj was among the reasons why. The song rewards full attention but also works as company in the background — a flexibility that most tracks never achieve.

The concision of Mon Kichu Ajj — just 4:38 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. Songs like Mon Kichu Ajj are the reason people fall in love with Bengali music and never quite fall out of it.